This week I had the privilege to work with a family I have seen grow (and grow up) in front of my eyes. They're active (to say the least) but that's THEM. This wasn't a photo session to them - this was play time, bomb pop time, and FUN time - and I strive to capture this much life, this much LOVE, in ALL of my sessions.

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

You see, every time I do a lifestyle session with kids it makes me wonder when everything stopped becoming amazing. When did we stop seeing the mystery in the feather of a blue jay? When did we stop placing importance on just sitting down to enjoy a bomb pop on a hot summer's day? When did we get so caught up in household chores that we forgot to LIVE in our homes?

Friends, enjoy this session. Let it be a reminder that "busy" is a state of mind and it is ABSOLUTELY okay to be "busy" enjoying the day every once in a while...